Thank you all for coming out tonight. We are hosting photographer howard ruffner, who during his College Years at Kent University was a photographer for the yearbook as well as the newspaper. His book moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of his photos surrounding the kent state massacre of the 1970s in which 4 studentslives were lost. [applause] first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and lark kept me organized, kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended
Innocence. He talked about the state of the vietnam war and actions in the white house for the antiwar protestest. First president nixon in a white house address a few days earlier. In blatent retaliation, and they are occupied by north vietnamese forces. Once enemy forces are driven out, and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. Any government that chooses to use these actions is a pretext for harming relations will be doing so on its own responsibility and on its own initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me, are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action that we have taken tonight is indispensable. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it it drag on. The action that i have taken tonight will serve tha
Located right beside taylor hall is a parking lot, the parking lot that four students unfortunately passed away during the may 4th shooting. And i have parked in that parking lot. I have walked across it. I have talked to my friends while walking across it. And i think theres something incredibly powerful about something that people encounter daily, having such a wound located there. I really am grateful that i have been able to attend kent state and been around may 4th and be able to exist in that space because it fires me up, honestly, every time i see it, to just keep fighting. Because some of the things they were fighting for back then were still fighting for now and we cant become complacent. Complacency is not that is a privilege. And one that we cannot afford. Hello. My name is todd dican. Its my honor and privilege to serve as the president of Kent State University. I have said many times you do not have to be an historian to understand the place of Kent State University in the
Amanda good evening. Welcome to the Hudson Library historical society. We are so happy you are here for the event. I am amanda flower, one of the here, andlibrarians tonight we are honored to welcome howard means to discuss kentew book 67 shots state and the end of american innocence. Campus,states main only 10 miles from here, where the shooting took place. We are very excited to have this program of national and local interest. Mr. Means is a editor at the washingtonian, author and coauthor of 10 books, including Andrew Johnson and the 45 days that changed the nation, Johnny Appleseed the man, the myth, an american story, and the first biography on colin powell. Please join me in welcoming mr. Means. [applause] means i also wrote 67 shots. [laughter] thank you, amanda. Veryaa herself is also a accomplished novelist in detective, mystery stories, won an Agatha Christie award. But you are stuck with me instead. I talked with a number of people who were at kent state, in 1970. Can you h
Truth yt is a collection of more than 150 of the photos that surround kent state massacre of 1970 and in which four students lives were lost. So without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [ applause ] well, first of all, it is nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives, my daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here and it is really kind of people from where i live. But most of all i have to thank my wife for being here. My wife laura, if shell just raise her hand. [ applause ] as most of you know whenever you endeavor on a real good project your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff and kept me organized and kept me going and made sure i didnt lose too much of a focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state. My introduction to photography. And then the rest of the story starts with when